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IBM Flex System CN4054/CN4054R 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters and EN4054 4-port 10GbE Adapter 12

Popular configurations

The adapters can be used in various configurations. The following figure shows CN4054 10Gb Virtual

Fabric Adapters installed in both slots of the x240 (a model without the Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric

Adapter), which in turn is installed in the chassis. The chassis also has four IBM Flex System Fabric

EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switches, each with Upgrade 1 installed to enable 28 internal ports.

Figure 4. Example configuration

The following table lists the parts that are used in the configuration.

Table 6. Components used when connecting the adapter to the 10 GbE switches

Part number/machine type Description Quantity

8737-x1x IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node or other

supported server (without Embedded 10Gb Virtual

Fabric Adapter)

1 to 14

90Y3554 IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric

Adapter

2 per server

8721-A1x IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis 1

95Y3309 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable

Switch

49Y4798 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable

Switch (Upgrade 1)